darren buck @bikepedantic@transportation.social
one of Secretary Pete's ped/bike chair-moisteners in Sector 7G. Widow, dad, taking it bird-by-bird.
So many things are improved by 🦪,🚲, & 🪕.
Just me, very much not my employer. Opting in to be searchable via #tootfinder. #fedi22
Joined Feb 2023
darren buck
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After seeing how Musk runs Twitter, I’m dumbfounded that anyone would still trust their life to Tesla’s so-called self driving software.
Turns out there’s been years of user complaints about driving errors.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/25/23737972/tesla-whistleblower-leak-fsd-complaints-self-driving
darren buck
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i bought a helmet, mostly to shut up all the bike bus kids nagging me
for the second time in three months, condolence messages rolling in from colleagues, lol
Biggest meeting of my four+ years here, ruined by xfinity
"When the D.C. Public Space Committee gathers on Thursday to consider whether to allow two towering statues in the likeness of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee to remain standing outside a Georgetown home, they will hear from local residents, college students and the homeowner.
They will also hear from Optimus Prime and Bumblebee.
The Autobots, in their own voices, will defend their place on the block...
DC PSC livestream is gonna crash.
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i am very deSantisfied with twitter rn
TrioBike cargobike with a BionX motor for $2850 in Palos Park, IL https://www.facebook.com/groups/cargobikebuyselltrade/permalink/1669955930117040/
Tern HSD with 845 miles for $2700 in Englewood, CO https://www.facebook.com/groups/cargobikebuyselltrade/permalink/1670645680048065/
Retail Therapy: Found and snagged two examples on eBay of my favorite bottle cage, a snazzy out-of-production Velo Orange model
Exception that proves the rule is that the school district finally squeezed my kid into aftercare today, so for a month at least, i can work 8 hour days and shower and stuff.
Lots of individual people are there for you, or feel bad, or recognize unfairness. But few of our institutions do. A shame how we strip away humanity as we scale.
Community planner vacancy in the Massachusetts FHWA Division Office, located in the Volpe Center in Cambridge. GS-11/12 grade levels (early/mid career), $77-121K or so. See me like once or twice a week. Apply to this general posting by June 7, specify #CambridgeMA as your location. https://www.usajobs.gov/job/725007700
Anyway, join our webinar tomorrow at 1PM ET, where we talk about how separated bike lanes are safer (duh), and how we should maybe do more of them on higher-speed roads. https://unc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dvIhGOxzSrGZ_Om1IMgxuQ#/registration
When someone is killed on a bicycle, they did not sign any goddamn waivers. They did not indemnify the owners of our shit streets. Until we at least acknowledge this, their deaths are depressingly easy to gloss over.
We can absolutely eliminate the risk, we know how, we mostly choose not to, and let's at least be honest about that.
There’s a presumption in the mainstream transpo field (and elsewhere of course) that people assume a level of unalterable risk when they choose to ride a bicycle, and I think that’s bullshit.
darren buck
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"Target has been celebrating Pride Month for more than a decade. But this year’s collection has led to an increase in confrontations between customers and employees and incidents of Pride merchandise being thrown on the floor, Target spokesperson Kayla Castaneda said."
‘Threats’ prompt Target stores in US to withdraw some Pride Collection products
darren buck
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A motorist just flew through a red traffic signal and passed a stopped school bus with it's flashers on at Cambridge Upper and King Open Schools. People are absolutely deranged.
one of Secretary Pete's ped/bike chair-moisteners in Sector 7G. Widow, dad, taking it bird-by-bird.
So many things are improved by 🦪,🚲, & 🪕.
Just me, very much not my employer. Opting in to be searchable via #tootfinder. #fedi22
Joined Feb 2023
